Summary:Epic adventure and romance set against the backdrop of the war raging between England and France and each side's Native American allies, across the frontier beyond Albany, New York. The frontiersman Hawkeye, adopted son of the Mohican Chingachgook, and Cora Munro, the daughter of an English officer, become lovers, and the fates of their families become intertwined as the war and the Huron war captain, Magua, threaten to destroy them.